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UK's Johnson battling to win support for fresh PM bid

-- 2022-10-23 14:26:24

Boris Johnson was fighting to get enough support to become Britain's next prime minister on Sunday after prominent figures on the right-wing of the Conservative Party coalesced around the man once acc...

Thousands rally in Germany to protest rising energy prices

-- 2022-10-23 12:05:23

Tens of thousands of protesters in six German cities gathered on Saturday to demand a more just distribution of government funds to deal with rising energy prices and living costs and a faster transit...

G7 condemns Russia's kidnapping of Ukraine nuclear plant leadership

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-23 11:57:10

The Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations condemned Russia's kidnapping of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant leadership and called for the immediate return of full control of the plant t...

Ukraine faces power cuts after Russian strikes, more flee Kherson

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-23 09:12:13

Critical infrastructure across Ukraine was pounded by more than a dozen Russian missiles on Saturday, the Ukrainian air force said, with several regions reporting strikes on energy facilities an...

Thousands of civilians leaving Ukraine’s Kherson amid tense military situation

-- 2022-10-22 22:41:46

Russian occupation authorities in the Ukrainian city of Kherson told civilians on Saturday they should leave immediately because of what they called the tense military situation as Ukraine's forces ad...

Cristiano Ronaldo has only himself to blame

Shuvro Saif 2022-10-22 22:01:58

Cristiano Ronaldo is going through the worst phase of his long and illustrious career will be an understatement. Things have been going south for him since the end of the 2021/22 season in every possi...

‘Boris Johnson has enough support to enter race to become next British PM’

-- 2022-10-22 21:39:58

Boris Johnson has enough support to enter the race to become Britain's next prime minister, his ally and Conservative lawmaker James Duddridge said on Saturday, reporting that the former leader had re...

IMF urges Ukrainian authorities to avoid eroding tax revenues

-- 2022-10-22 19:08:29

An IMF team held productive discussions with Ukrainian authorities this week and will work in coming weeks on their request for enhanced programme monitoring in the wake of Russia's invasion, IMF miss...

How water has been weaponised in Ukraine

REUTERS 2022-10-22 18:46:12

Sveta has no doubt about why the Ukrainian-held southern city of Mykolaiv, a ship-building centre that is home to half a million people, has gone without fresh water for the past six months. "They (t...

US and Russian defence ministers discuss Ukraine in rare talks

-- 2022-10-22 17:42:44

The US and Russian defence secretaries have spoken in a phone call, in a rare moment of high-level contact between the two countries since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. According to BBC, US Defence S...

Boris Johnson returns to Britain to attempt rapid political comeback

-- 2022-10-22 16:19:54

Boris Johnson arrived back in Britain on Saturday as he considers an audacious attempt to win a second term as prime minister only weeks after he was forced to step down, with some colleagues warning...

Meloni takes charge as PM as Italy swings to the right

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-22 11:10:20

Giorgia Meloni was on Friday named as Italy's first woman prime minister and chose her cabinet team, setting her seal on the country's most right-wing government since World...

Boris Johnson considering a run for UK prime minister

-- 2022-10-21 19:12:10

Out of power for a matter of months, comeback king Boris Johnson is once again being touted as the new leader of the governing Conservative Party and Britain's prime minister. The man who was forced...

Zelensky calls on West to warn Russian not to blow up dam

-- 2022-10-21 17:41:05

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West to warn Russia not to blow up a huge dam that would flood a swath of southern Ukraine, as his forces prepare to push Moscow's troops from Kher...

We will put public finances on sustainable path: UK finance minister

-- 2022-10-21 17:17:08

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt reiterated on Friday that the government will do "whatever is necessary to get drive down debt in the medium term," responding to the latest data on public sector...

Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak lead race to become Britain's next prime minister

-- 2022-10-21 16:24:30

Boris Johnson and former finance minister Rishi Sunak were leading the potential contenders to replace British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Friday, with candidates canvassing support to become Conserva...

Russia poised to largely skirt new G7 oil price cap

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 15:07:44

Russia can access enough tankers to ship most of its oil beyond the reach of a new G7 price cap, industry players and a US official said, underscoring the limits of the most ambitious plan yet t...

Iranian trainers on the ground helped Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, US says

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 09:52:01

The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers had been sent to Crimea to assist Russian forces using Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding a new internatio...

Who will replace Truss as UK prime minister? Sunak? Mordaunt? Johnson?

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-21 09:44:42

Liz Truss quit on Thursday after the shortest, most chaotic tenure of any British prime minister, forced out after her economic programme shattered the country's reputation for financial stability and...

Truss was a 'catastrophically illiterate' disgrace, says Russia

-- 2022-10-20 19:41:42

Russia's foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her "catastrophic illiteracy"."Brita...

UK says Russian aircraft fired missile near British spy plane over Black Sea

-- 2022-10-20 18:49:55

A Russian fighter jet released a missile near an unarmed British spy plane patrolling in international airspace over the Black Sea on Sept 29, defence minister Ben Wallace said on Thursday. Wallace t...

Ambulance times: Mother told to wait hours after child's seizure

-- 2022-10-20 18:42:55

A mother has spoken of her horror after being told she would have to wait hours for an ambulance after her son became "lifeless" on the way to A&E, reports BBC. Georgia Faith Johnson called 999 w...

Liz Truss resigns as UK prime minister

-- 2022-10-20 18:42:20

British Prime Minister Liz Truss resigned Thursday — bowing to the inevitable after a tumultuous six-week term in which her policies triggered turmoil in financial markets and a rebellion in...

Ukraine curbs power usage after Russian attacks energy plants

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-20 12:07:21

Ukraine is restricting electricity usage nationwide for the first time on Thursday following a barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks that have destroyed some power plants just before the...

Putin adds martial law in Ukraine regions, limits in Russia

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-20 11:07:03

  Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down Wednesday on his faltering invasion of Ukraine with a declaration of martial law in four illegally annexed regions and preparations within Russia...

UK interior minister Braverman quits over security issue, criticises government

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-20 10:20:07

Britain's Suella Braverman quit as interior minister on Wednesday, saying she had to go after she breached government rules but that she had concerns over the direction of Prime Minister Liz Tru...

Britain’s Home Secretary Suella Braverman resigns

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 21:51:12

Britain's Suella Braverman has left her job as the home secretary of the country, adding to the turmoil surrounding Prime Minister Liz Truss's six-week premiership. BBC and Reuters confirmed about he...

Putin declares martial law in four unilaterally annexed regions of Ukraine

-- 2022-10-19 18:26:16

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow last month claimed as its own territory. In televised remarks...

'Kamikaze drones': What are the weapons Russia is using in Ukraine?

-- 2022-10-19 15:58:02

Russia launched dozens of 'kamikaze' drones on Ukraine on Monday, hitting energy infrastructure and killing five people in the capital of Kyiv. Ukrainians have nicknamed them 'mopeds' for the lo...

Russian commander admits situation is 'tense' for his forces in Ukraine

FE ONLINE DESK 2022-10-19 11:08:05

The new commander of Russian forces in Ukraine made a rare acknowledgment of the pressures they were under from Ukrainian offensives to retake southern and eastern areas that Moscow claims to...